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Margaret Thatcher statue erected despite warnings it will be pelted with eggs

The £300,000 statue of the divisive former prime minister is being perched on a 10ft-high plinth to deter vandals.

Daily Record

Margaret Thatcher statue pelted with eggs just two hours after it's installed

Just one of the eggs made contact with the statue of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, which was erected in her home town of Grantham today

Daily Mirror

Thatcher statue lowered into place despite ‘egg-throwing’ threats

Planning permission for the £300,000 memorial was approved in February 2019.

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Rees-Mogg in row on higher interest rates as he hails Thatcher’s 1980s economic policies

Brexit minister Jacob Rees-Mogg sparked a row on Friday after appearing to urge the Bank of England to hike interest rates as he hailed the 1980s economic policies of Margaret Thatcher.

Evening Standard

UK local elections: how London turned from blue to red

Even the wealthiest enclaves of the capital turned against the Tories last week. What has made the city a Labour redoubt – and is its dominance more of a menace than a boon?

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson can’t win another election by leaving Londoners behind

The prime minister won two terms as mayor of the capital by building a broad coalition of support. He must do so again

The Guardian - UK

Sir James Anderton obituary

‘God’s copper’, who felt answerable to a higher authority than the Home Office during his time as chief constable of Greater Manchester

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Boris Johnson faces furious backlash as Tories lose Thatcher's 'favourite' council

BORIS Johnson is feeling the wrath of rank and file Conservatives after the party lost major London authorities and suffered setbacks across England.

The National (Scotland)

Local election: Tories lose three key councils in London as Boris Johnson suffers major losses

Boris Johnson suffered a major local elections blow in London as Labour took hold of Tory strongholds of Westminster and Wandsworth - and the Conservatives lost dozens of councillors.

Daily Mirror

Labour faces an open goal in this week’s local elections. It mustn’t miss

At the moment, you might ask how Keir Starmer’s party could possibly fail. Yet things may not be quite so simple, says the Guardian’s economics editor, Larry Elliott

The Guardian - UK

Labour hopes for ‘symbolic’ win in Wandsworth – Margaret Thatcher’s favourite Tory council

Once hailed by the Tory right as the deathbed of municipal socialism, this London borough is a key Labour target, as Adam Forrest explains

The Independent UK

The Right to Buy scheme and why Boris Johnson is facing backlash

The Right to Buy plan also comes as Mr Johnson's pledge to build 300,000 homes a year was under threat due to a ruling by the Government's environment watchdog.

Daily Record

What is Boris Johnson's right to buy scheme and whether it could help you buy a house

The Prime Minister is considering proposals to help 2.5million people in social housing buy their properties at a discounted price, in a move echoing Margaret Thatcher's right to buy scheme

Daily Mirror

What did my son learn at school? That Thatcher was ‘OK’, apparently

I would tell him about the miners’ strike and the abolition of free school milk. But kids today hate coal and dairy, writes Zoe Williams

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Nadine Dorries’s slip-ups may be funny – but her Channel 4 plans are no joke

The culture secretary is getting closer than any of her predecessors to selling off the broadcaster, says Guardian columnist Jane Martinson

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson pondering right to buy for housing association tenants

Critics say Thatcher-style policy for England would only worsen shortage of affordable housing

Liverpool Echo

Boris Johnson slammed for attempts to revive Margaret Thatcher policy

Critics accused Boris Johnson of 'desperate stuff' as he ordered officials to draw up a new scheme for tenants

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson slammed for trying to revive Thatcher's Right to Buy plan for social renters

Critics accused Boris Johnson of 'desperate stuff' as he ordered officials to draw up a new scheme for tenants who rent from housing associations ahead of crunch local elections on Thursday

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The Guardian - UK

In the name of job flexibility, ‘Uberisation’ is spreading its tentacles across society

From health workers to beauticians, cleaners to academics, the erosion of our rights at work is setting us back a hundred years

The Independent UK

‘Talking shop for past-it politicians’: BBC’s new political editor railed against Lords in student article

The House of Lords is full of ‘unelected know-it-alls’, a young Chris Mason wrote

The Guardian - UK

Outrageous libel laws protected Jimmy Savile. At last, change is on the cards

Moves to rein in lawsuits that protect the rich, powerful and wicked are decades, if not centuries, overdue, says journalist Meirion Jones

The Guardian - UK

London galling: could Partygate sink the Tories’ Wandsworth flagship?

‘It’s not Boris on the ballot paper,’ activists campaigning for the local elections are having to tell voters

Newcastle Herald

Here's to Newcastle Knights captain Kalyn Ponga's promise paying off

Email letters@newcastleherald.com.au or send a text message to 0427 154 176 (include name and suburb).

The Guardian - UK

The Tories profited from Labour ‘chaos’ in the 1970s. Can Starmer do the same now?

Labour must hammer the message home that these are the worst of times, and pin the blame squarely on Boris Johnson, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

Sir Gordon Downey obituary

Senior civil servant and parliamentary commissioner for standards who investigated the ‘cash for questions’ affair

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